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Traditional Clothing

Traditional Clothing

Men wear long-sleeved robes called kitycow, which fall to slightly below the knee. Chhuba is tied at the waist
with a cloth sash called kara, creating a pouch-like space called tolung which can be used for storing and
carrying small items. Traditionally, chhuba were made from thick home-spun wool, or a variant called lokpa
made from sheepskin. Chhuba are worn over raatuk, a blouse (traditionally made out of bure, white raw silk),
trousers called kanam, and an outer jacket called tetung.

Women traditionally wear long-sleeved floor-length dresses of thick wool called tongkok. A sleeveless
variation called engi is worn over a raatuk (blouse) in warmer weather. These are worn with colourful
striped aprons; metil aprons are worn in front, and gewe in back, and are held together by an embossed
silver buckle called kyetig.

Sherpa clothing resembles Tibetan clothing. Increasingly, home-spun wool and silk is being replaced by
factory-made material. Many Sherpa people also now wear ready-made western clothing.